Kilt in Italy

[macwilkin]

Here is the web site of the Caledonian Society of Rome:

http://www.caledoniansocietyofrome.org/

And the City of Rome Pipe Band

http://www.cityofromepipeband.org/home.html

The Caledonian Society has a nice paragraph about the City of Rome tartan, which is used for their web site's background:

In late 2004 the City of Rome Pipe Band was introduced to retired weaver and tartan designer, Ken Clark, from Brora in Sutherland, Scotland, and in April 2005, with help from Ken, they decided to design their very own “City of Rome” tartan. The Black and Navy Blue background represents the colours of the “Azzuri”, the National Italian football team. The cross strip of Yellow is for the gold of the Vatican, with the over check of Maroon and Orange being the official colours of the Eternal City. The tartan has the approval of the City of Rome Authorities as the city's official tartan.

Perhaps dejudicibus will attend their Burns Night and give us a report? :mrgreen:

Cheers,

Todd

[dejudicibus]

Well, there is another linkage that very few people know about Italian and Celtic culture. The Italian playing card deck is made of 40 cards in four suits. Suits are: swords (spade), staves (bastoni), cups (coppe) and coins (denari). Each suit consists of an ace, six numbered cards (two to seven), a knave, a horseman, and a king.

Italian suits originate from the four magical objects brought by the Tuatha de Danaan to Ireland and mentioned at the beginning of the Second Battle of Moytura: cups from the Dagda's Cauldron, staves from the Spear of Lugh, coins from the Stone of Fal, and swords from the Sword of Nuada.

You can see some other decks here: http://a_pollett.tripod.com/cards5.htm

[dejudicibus]

Perhaps dejudicibus will attend their Burns Night and give us a report?

Well, on December I already reserved for a Gospel concert, but I may think about it for January. Why not? By the way, call me just Dario, my first name.